‘A terrible tragedy’: Healthy two-year-old dies of COVID-19 in Sydney | marywardy
An otherwise healthy Sydney toddler died from COVID-19 last week, in what paediatricians have described as an incredibly rare and tragic occurrence.
“NSW Health asks for the privacy of this child’s family to be respected during this most difficult time,” she said, describing the death as tragic.In the week ending March 12, there were 38 children aged nine and under with COVID-19 admitted to hospital, including two in intensive care, data from the ministry’s latest surveillance report showed.
“With Omicron it’s almost certainly half of [the Delta] rate,” he said. “We are absolutely seeing many more infections in children and young people, and there has been a slight increase in the relative proportion of infections in preschoolers, but overall the rate of admission [to hospital] is lower.”
“Two- to four-year-old children get COVID the mildest out of almost anyone,” he said. “It is more likely for a child of that age to die from influenza than COVID.” “The features that would make use more concerned would be if a fever lasted more than five days, if the child was unable to take in fluids at half the amount they normally take it in, if there was persistent vomiting, or if the child was lethargic,” he said. “But parents understand their children well, and should seek medical review if they think they are responding worse than during previous respiratory infections.